Smith v. Greenhow’s Empirical Analysis
109 U.S. 669 · 1884
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 11 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions (7 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2008 · most notably St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co v. Red Cab Co (1938), Atlantic Transport Company of West Virginia v. Frank Imbrovek (1914)
16 federal appellate · 11 district · 2 state decisions
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Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We cannot, of course, assume as a matter of law that the amount laid, or a less amount, greater than $500, is not recoverable upon the case stated in the declaration, and cannot, therefore, justify the order remanding the cause on the ground that the matter in dispute does not exceed the sum or value of $500. But if the Circuit. Court had found, as matter of fact, that the amount of damages stated in the declaration was colorable, and had been laid beyond the amount of a reasonable expectation of recovery, for the purpose of creating a case removable under the act of Congress, so that, in the words of the fifth section of the act of 1875, it appeared that the suit ‘did not really and substantially involve a dispute or controversy properly within the jurisdiction of said Circuit Court,’ the order remanding it to the state court could have been sustained.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““There is a ground of remanding the cause suggested by the record, but not sufficiently apparent to justify us in resorting to it to support the action of the circuit court,. The value of the property taken is stated in the declaration to be but $100, although the damages are laid at $0,000. The petition for removal does not allege the sum or value of the matter in dispute, otherwise than by the statement of the amount of the claim for damages. We cannot, of course, assume, as a matter of law [italics mine], that the amount laid, or a less amount, greater than $500, is not recoverable upon the ease stated in the declaration.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.